In America's largest state, Alaska, the environment is not an issue but the issue. This is
clearly reflected in the state's conflicted material and symbolic status as" the last frontier," …

My dissertation identifies and analyzes the stakes of contemporary tensions over
subsistence management in Alaska from a materialist, postcolonial and posthumanist …

Sanak Island is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands and was inhabited by the Aleut
(Unangan) peoples for nearly 7000 years. The past few centuries of Sanak Island life for its …

Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska features more than
200 objects representing the masterful artistry and design traditions of twenty Alaska Native …

Alaska often looms large as a remote, wild place with endless resources and endlessly
independent, resourceful people. Yet it has always been part of larger stories: the movement …

Sadly, I know that too many of our colleagues only have passing familiarity of what we mean
by subsistence. Subsistence is a word that many people use without really knowing what it …

This book examines the social, economic, political, and cultural concerns surrounding the
development of rural Alaska. The authors explore the controversy over rural development …

The tribal nations of Arctic Alaska have called this region home for generation after
generation, and we are no strangers to the outside desire to develop the region's fossil fuel …

Of all the groups negatively impacted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in many ways Alaska
Natives were the most devastated. The oil spill... shook the... cultural foundations of Native …

From Sarah Palin's surprising rise to political stardom to recurring environmental battles over
oil drilling in the arctic and public work projects like the Bridge to Nowhere, the remote state …